LINKS
News articles, blogs, pictures, race results, videos, etc.
GENERAL INFO (mostly articles several years old)
Learning to Sled at Utah's Winter Sports Park Skeleton School
From Away.com, a travel guide site.
Skeleton Sledding Information
Intro to skeleton by Peter Huston.
You, too, can go sledding like Olympic competitors
San Diego Union-Tribune (3/15/04)
Speed Demon (BYU NewsNet, 1/14/05)
Profiles 2004 Europa Cup Champion Chris Hedquist (see also his website).
"Slide it In" (Dallas Observer, 4/15/04)
Profiles athlete Kevin Ellis and discusses the sport's obscurity in the USA.
Skeleton, in the flesh, is a real thrill
Christian Science Monitor (2/20/02)
Chat session: Jim Shea (gold medalist)
CNNsi.com (2/17/00)
Chat with Brian McDonald (Olympic alternate)
Washington Post (2/14/02) Transcript.
Skeleton Barrels Back into Olympics
National Geographic (2/21/02)
It takes guts to ride skeleton
'02 Olympics Preview by (Utah) Deseret News
Bobsled and skeleton primer (PDF document)
Deseret News
Headfirst
The first published book on skeleton, by Robie Vaughn, former head of the USBSF.
BLOGS AND JOURNALS
Amanda Bird (USA)
See also her website, and news articles (1, 2).
Louise Corcoran (New Zealand)
(part of her overall site nzskeletonracer.com)
Jay Beckner (USA)
A development athlete pursues his goal of making the 2010 Olympic team.
David Connolly (Ireland)
Prospective Olympian's well-written blog provides insight on what the sport is about.
Adventures of a Skeleton Slider
by Ori Hoffer in Park City, Utah. Also see his archived entries here.
Skeleton X: 2005
Alex M. White recounts his time in fantasy camp (the same one I was in).
Slide Story
Sliding journal from a webmaster of a Track & Field site, and Asst. track coach at West Point, Army.
Lindsay Alcock's Diary (Canada)
Part of her website. Also, a newer diary here.
Chris Soule's Olympic Diary
CNNsi.com (1/23/02)
ATHLETE AND RACE INFO
SkeletonSport.com
Features athlete bios, race results, pix, etc. Created by Netherlands national team slider Peter Van Wees.
SliderGuide.com
Social networking site for skeleton sliders.
Davenport Sleds
Canadian sled builder's (Ryan Davenport) site includes race results and other info.
MULTIMEDIA & PICTURE ALBUMS
YouTube videos: Jan '07 Park City, UT skeleton camp and Utah Winter Games (by Adrienne Osborn).
Excellent flash animation illustrating what the sport is (Olympic.org).
Flash animation of "arguably the most exciting and dangerous sport on the Olympic programme."
(UK Guardian Unlimited, 2002)
David Mayer's (Switzerland) site has a Photo Album and great videos.
Pictures by Bruce Boyes
High-resolution pictures of American athletes sliding at Park City.
Dani Mächler's Photo Album (Switzerland).
GOVERNING BODIES
FIBT (Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing)
USBSF (US Bobsled & Skeleton Federation)
Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton
British Bob Skeleton Association
SLIDERS' PERSONAL SITES
Jim Shea (USA; retired) '02 Gold medalist.
Noelle Pikus-Pace (USA) World Cup Champion 2004-2005.
Eric Bernotas (USA) National champion for several consecutive years.
Matt Antoine (nee Matt De Julio) (USA)
Kristan Bromley (GBR)
Tyler Botha (South Africa)
Keslie Tomlinson (USA)
Adam Donahoo (USA)
Rob Murray (USA; retired) Includes crash videos.
Rebecca Sorenson (USA)